page_title: Bob Rosburg
section_title: Broadcasting career
hierarchical_section_title: Bob Rosburg / Broadcasting career
caption_attribution_description: Wife of Bob Rosburg watches her husband win the 1959 PGA Championship, together with children Bruce and Debbie and their grandfather
context_page_description: Robert Reginald "Rossie" Rosburg was an American professional golfer who later became a sports color analyst for ABC television.
context_section_description: After his playing days on the PGA Tour finished in the mid-1970s, Rosburg became a commentator for ABC sports television. He pioneered the now-common practice of roving on the golf course and reporting from the fairways. At the time of his death, he was the longest serving active golf announcer on television, with more than 30 years behind the microphone. He is remembered for his catch phrase, "He's got no chance, Jim", which Rosburg would utter whenever he encountered a golfer who had hit his ball into a seemingly impossible position (usually behind a tree or in deep grass), upon which the player would then produce a miraculous recovery. The "Jim" is in reference to ABC commentator Jim McKay. Rosburg is also credited with helping ABC hire Judy Rankin, who was the first full-time female golf commentator to cover men's events, including the major championships. Rosburg worked nearly three decades as a commentator with Dave Marr, who like Rosburg won a single PGA Championship.
  Rosburg died in Palm Springs, California after sustaining a head injury in a fall at an Indio, California restaurant. He was survived by his wife and their three children.
caption: Rosburg's family watch him win the 1959 PGA Championship
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